Political analyst David Osiany now says that President Uhuru Kenyatta should not apologize to the Luo Nyanza region over the clashes that followed the 2017 twin elections.
The region which is largely allied to opposition leader Raila Odinga who challenged Kenyatta's win the race plunged into violence after the former Prime Minister rejected the latter's August 8 reelection, resulting to encounters with the police.
And with the Head of State set to land in Kisumu on Thursday, Osiany is of the opinion that personally apologizing will lead to more trouble, as it will portray him as the person who ordered the police to shoot and brutalize victims.
‘’Uhuru akiomba msamaha basi huenda akaonekana kana kwamba ndiye aliyetumana raia wauwawe na wengine wapigwe. Ukweli ni kwamba japo ndiye amiri mkuu, vile vitu vilifanywa na askari binafsi.
(By apologizing, he will appear the force behind the situation and will be forced to shoulder the mistakes of individual police officers),’’ he advised on Radio Maisha’s ‘Bunge La Maisha’ Wednesday morning.
He, however, stressed on the need for the President to take his time and visit the affected families of the victims and find out what can be done to ease the agony their agony.
‘’Ikiwezekana, akutane na zile familia na awajulie hali (let him meet the families if possible and find out what they are really going through),’’ he added.